Sweet Dreams Are Made By This

schnoz writes "From Takara, the folks who brought you Bow-Lingual the dog translator, comes the Dream Workshop. Before going to sleep, all you have to do is stare at a photograph of what you want to dream of (Natalie Portman maybe) and record the dream plot. When you fall asleep, this gadget waits for REM and then uses your voice recording, lights, music and aroma to help direct your dream."

Comments

Flim-flam.

[RyanFenton]

Classic flim-flam. Variations of these flashing-light eye-glasses have been around for decades, claiming to be everything from a headache cure to, in this case a dream machine. The nice thing about claiming things about dreams is that most dreams aren't remembered, so there's nothing to be able to go after when it comes to false advertising.

Yes, I'm a skeptic. I suppose I should want to try this product beforhand to be scientifically valid... but testimonial "evidence" with this sort of product does not give me any motivation to hand out money so I can reward these people to test their wild theory.

Ryan Fenton

Also...

[Anonymous Coward]

Going through the book and actually reading it out loud probably did more for your long term memory than playing it while you were off in fairyland...

Re:Why not...

[Ralph Wiggam]

I would want the 2001 Christina Aguilera. Is anyone else frightened by the 2004 Christina?

-B

Re:FAG

[TRACK-YOUR-POSITION]

hey, maybe the poster was just gay? Nothing wrong with that.

Re:Lucid Dreaming is Cheaper

[Anonymous Coward]

in case youre not familiar with lucid dreaming techniques, the first step is of course to recognize that youre in a dream. one thing to help you do that is to build up habits that you do in real life and thus hopefully do from time to time in your dreams too.

for example, every so often ask yourself "what was i just doing? do my surroundings really make sense?" etc. and when the answers surprise you then you can recognize that you're in a dream.

my technique is different. every few minutes i just think of pulling my pants down. in real life of course i think thats a dumb idea and i dont do it, but in my dreams theres no inhibitions and its easy enough. plus it leads to the kind of lucid dreams i like. :)

on the other hand, ingraining that as a habit might lead to embarrassment if i ever got really drunk...

mod parent up for poster having balls.

[Artifex]

hey, maybe the poster was just gay? Nothing wrong with that.

I'm surprised you haven't noticed yet just how homophobic many Slashdot readers really are. They'll be open minded when it comes to drugs or violating copyrights, but not when it comes to letting consenting adult males have sex with each other.

(You'd think straight male slashdotters would want as little competition for females as possible, actually)

Re:mod parent up for poster having balls.

[monkeyfinger]

(You'd think straight male slashdotters would want as little competition for females as possible, actually)

That's how I've always looked at it, a gay man is just one less competitor for the ladies. The more men who turn gay the better. I've been chatted up by blokes on numerous occasions and I see it as a compliment not a problem.

I've always seen some truth in the idea that homophobes are often closet homosexuals who are threatened by gayness because they are in denial about their own sexuality. I'm glad that homosexuality isn't as much of a taboo as it was in my parent's or grandparent's time. I hope society continues to become more accepting of peoples preferences.

dangerous?

[luckyguesser]

As we all know, the subconscious is a powerful thing. Of course, this power is what facilitates stimuli becoming a collective dream. However, the subconscious also directs much of our decision-making process during the day. I'm not suggesting that this company would abuse that power, but it's always possible. Even if it wasn't with malicious intent, but a product of unpredictable circumstances in combination with the "life toy", what happens when a person's mind is altered for the worse?